The Bridge on the River Kwai
1957“It spans a whole new world of entertainment!”
2h 42mDramaHistoryWar
3.9
2,451 ratingsSynopsis
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
- Director
- David Lean
- Languages
- Japanese, Thai, English
- Cast
- William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Sessue Hayakawa, James Donald, Geoffrey Horne, André Morell, Peter Williams, John Boxer, Percy Herbert